About Private Secretary
A private secretary is a civil servant in a governmental department or ministry, responsible to a secretary of state or minister.
Michael Sheen to play Prince Andrew in Amazon series
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... Among the cast are Joanna Scanlan as Andrew s ex-Private Secretary Amanda Thirsk, Alex Jennings as the late Queen s Private Secretary Sir Edward Young, and Eanna Hardwicke as Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean...
Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as 'pro-death squad'
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... Asked about Sir Patrick s description of the meeting, Mr Glassborow - the PM s deputy principal Private Secretary at the time - said: " I would not dispute what he s recorded, but I don t recall the phrase at all...
Simon Case: Top official thought Johnson couldn't lead on Covid
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... Mr Johnson s principal Private Secretary Martin Reynolds emailed around 200 staff to a " bring your own booze" during May 2020, at the height of the pandemic...
Paul Bristow: Ministerial aide sacked after call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire
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... Mr Bristow, who is the Conservative MP for Peterborough, was a Parliamentary Private Secretary - the lowest rung of the ministerial ladder - to Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology...
EX-PM Truss wanted stranded migrants brought to UK
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... The email sent to the Private Secretary of then Prime Minister Boris Johnson five months after the first group s arrival, states that while Ms Truss " strongly supports the government s overall posture on migration" she " feels that the unique circumstances and severity of risks in this situation require us to take extraordinary action and bring the migrants to the UK for processing"...
King Charles: What sort of monarch has he been is his first year?
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... Princess Diana s former Private Secretary, Patrick Jephson, says he would have preferred " Princess Consort"...
King's French language skills to boost state visit
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... " The state visit will celebrate Britain s relationship with France, marking our shared histories, culture and values, " said Chris Fitzgerald, the King s deputy Private Secretary...
Ben Wallace: New UK defence secretary to be announced
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... He endorsed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the 2019 leadership election, and went on to serve as his parliamentary Private Secretary...